“Beauty is the virtue of the body as virtue is the beauty of the soul”
Definitions
- Beauty relates to the cognitive faculty; for beautiful things are those which please when seen. Hence beauty consists in due proportion; for the senses delight in things duly proportioned (New Advent)
- The aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that inspire sensible pleasure (Merriam-Webster)
- Qualities in objects or people that appeal to our emotional and aesthetic senses
Vices:
- Excess: Vanity, the undue striving for aestheticism for recognition by others
- Deficit: Immodesty, the lack of proper care for one’s health and appearance